Mike Ovey, of Oak Hill Theological College, set forth one of religion’s favorite fallacies — “absence of belief is a religion” — and added one I’ve never experienced — “faith is objective because it can be taught.”
Full article: Judge: Christian beliefs have no legal standing. Evangelicals call it persecution | Paliban Daily.
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What about the right to be Fabulous?
Just let me say up front, I knew this would happen someday. A preacher was arrested in the UK last week for telling people publicly that homosexuality is a sin. He claims that he should have freedom of religious speech.
To begin with, there's no such thing as completely 'free' [...]
Guess who?
Censorship seems to be the order of the day.
Carol Coleman, bless her, tried to squeeze the Muhammad Vs. South Park debate into about ten minutes of The Wide Angle on NewsTalk today . While inviting a brash comedian to debate a Dublin Muslim leader might have seemed like a good idea at the time, [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Helpful Leaflet
If they can do it, we can to. Let's break the cycle of abuse–the abuse of reason that is.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
How many megapixels??
Have you ever snooped around a friend's photo albums on Facebook? Well, you're a liar (unless you just admitted it) for, as we all know, Facebook stalking is now the number one leisure time activity for 90% of the western world, probably costing Irish businesses €100BN a year(†).
Everywhere you go, at every party, [...]
Childer's Road – 2019 AD
As I avoided the races by driving through some of the less well-known (to me) routes of Galway city centre last week, I was appalled by the number of new traffic lights that seem to have sprung up at every intersection, often midway on a stretch between two other sets of [...]
Nail him to something and create your own religion!
Making harmless fun of Our Lady of the Tree Stump? Think again.
The brand new and extraordinarily offensive blasphemy law finally passed the committee stage and was voted on in the Dáil, where it again passed of course.
Along with the current Draconian licensing hours, it's a typical piece [...]
